Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
anthophila
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
antiphonal
antiphonal
adj
(music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
noun
A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
aphthongal
aphthongal
adj
(phonology) Being or relating to an aphthong.
asphaltene
asphaltene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
clientship
clientship
noun
The position of a client.
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
dantophily
delphinite
dinaphthyl
dinaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) binaphthyl
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two naphthyl radicals in a compound
elephantic
elephantic
adj
(not comparable) Having elephantiasis
Of or relating to elephants
gigantic; massive
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
enthalpies
enthalpies
noun
plural of enthalpy
entophytal
epityphlon
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
haplobiont
haplodonty
haplodonty
noun
The quality of being haplodont.
hellespont
hellespont
Proper noun
The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
hippolytan
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
hypanthial
hypothenal
hypothenal
adj
(anatomy) hypothenar
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
lanthopine
lanthopine
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid found in opium.
lapithaean
leptorrhin
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lithophane
lithophane
noun
A style of European porcelain in which the figures are seen by transmitted light
lithophany
lithophany
noun
The technique of producing lithophane.
lithophone
lithophone
noun
(medicine, dated) A device by which the presence of bladder stones can be audibly detected.
Alternative form of lithopone
Any musical instrument in which sound is produced by percussion of a stone.
lithoprint
lithoprint
noun
A print made by lithography.
lophiodont
lophosteon
lophosteon
noun
(anatomy) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
lymphation
menotyphla
monophotal
naphthalic
naphthalic
adj
Of, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from naphthalene
naphthalin
naphthalin
Noun
naphthalene
naphthalol
naphthalol
noun
naphthyl salicylate
naphthylic
nephrolith
nephrolith
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
neutrophil
neutrophil
adj
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
(biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
nitrophile
nitrophile
noun
Any nitrophilous organism.
nonasphalt
nonasphalt
adj
Not being or relating to asphalt.
nympholept
nympholept
noun
A person in a state of nympholepsy.
otosphenal
otosphenal
adj
(anatomy, dated) basioccipital
pachnolite
pachnolite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
panthelism
pantophile
pentathlon
pentathlon
noun
(athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills
(athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
pentathlos
pentathlos
noun
(obsolete) A pentathlete.
phalangist
phalangist
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Phalangist
phalangite
phalangite
noun
(historical) Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.
(obsolete) A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
phantasmal
phantasmal
adj
Eerie or frightening.
Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.
Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
phantoplex
phantoplex
noun
(historical, chiefly attributive) A superposed circuit operated by alternating current over a simplex, duplex or quadruplex circuit operated from direct current sources.
phenolated
phenolated
adj
Reacted with a phenol or phenolate
Treated with phenol
phenoplast
phenoplast
noun
(chemistry) phenolic resin.
phenylated
phenylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Modified by the addition of phenyl groups.
philanthid
philanthus
philistian
philistine
philistine
adj
(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
noun
(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
philogeant
philonoist
philtering
philtering
verb
present participle of philter
phlegethon
phlogiston
phlogiston
noun
(chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
phlyctaena
phlyctaena
noun
Alternative form of phlyctena
phlyctenae
phlyctenae
noun
plural of phlyctena
phonetical
phonetical
adj
of, or pertaining to phonetics.
phonolitic
phonolitic
adj
(geology) Relating to, or composed of phonolite
phthalazin
phthaleine
plainchant
plainchant
noun
Synonym of plainsong
plancheite
planchette
planchette
noun
(chiefly Canada) One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.
(spiritualism) A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
A plane table.
A small plank.
planchment
platyrhina
platyrhini
platyrrhin
playthings
playthings
noun
plural of plaything
plinthless
plinthless
adj
Without a plinth.
plinthlike
plinthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plinth.
plisthenes
pneumolith
polianthes
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
polyethnic
polyethnic
adj
(of a group or society) That contains people who together represent multiple ethnicities, especially such that they coexist and interact harmoniously.
(of a person) Who identifies as being of multiple ethnicities.
postrhinal
postrhinal
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the nose
pythonical
satanophil
shoupeltin
sphenolith
spilanthes
splotching
splotching
noun
A splotch mark.
verb
present participle of splotch
springhalt
springhalt
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of stringhalt.
staphyline
staphyline
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
staphylion
stenophile
stephanial
stephanial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the stephanion.
sulphating
sulphating
verb
present participle of sulphate
sulphation
sulphation
noun
Alternative spelling of sulfation
sulphinate
sulphinate
noun
Alternative form of sulfinate
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sultanship
sultanship
noun
The office or status of a sultan.
telephoned
telephoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of telephone
telephoner
telephoner
noun
A person who telephones, especially one who does so for a commercial organization.
telephones
telephones
noun
plural of telephone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of telephone
telephonic
telephonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
telphering
telphering
verb
present participle of telpher
telpherman
telphermen
thiopental
thiopental
noun
(pharmacology) A barbiturate C₁₁H₁₈N₂O₂S (trademark Pentothal) used in the form of its sodium salt especially as an intravenous anesthetic; and as a supposed truth serum.
thiophenol
thiophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aromatic thiol equivalent to a phenol